CROATIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS U.S. DIPLOMAT SHATTUCK

ZAGREB, July 24 (Hina) - A Croatian Deputy Foreign Minister, Ivo Sanader, on Thursday met John Shattuck, an assistant to the U.S. State Secretary, who is charge of human rights. At the Zagreb talks Sanader reiterated the full commitment of the Croatian government to implementation of views which Croatian President Franjo Tudjman expressed at a recent Brijuni meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Bill Richardson, the foreign ministry said. Hailing those views, Shattuck said he was interested in steps which would be taken in the implementation of what had been agreed. The U.S. diplomat said he was confident that the implementation of those agreements would contribute to the promotion of ties between his country and Croatia. Sanader notified Shattuck of the course of peaceful reintegration of the Croatian Danube river area and of preparations for a forthcoming meeting between Tudjman and the Bosnian presidency's president, Alija Izetbegovic. He also informed him of steps made in a process of normalising relations between Croatia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/Montenegro). (hina) mš 241340 MET jul 97